First Advantage Corporation (FA)Industrials | Specialty Business Services | Atlanta, United States | NasdaqGS
12.51 USD
+0.43
(3.560%)
⇧
(April 17, 2026, 4 p.m.
EDT)
After hours: 12.53 +0.02 (0.124%) ⇧ (April 17, 2026, 5:48 p.m. EDT) Short-term: ★★☆☆☆ | Long-term: ★★★☆☆ | Dividends: ★★☆☆☆ |
Hot Take | April 19, 2026, 1:08 a.m. EDT
FA is a classic mean-reversion setup with a broken trend, offering a 'barbell' quality: a fundamentally distressed stock with massive short interest (-2.7% YoE to -1.41) and a halted dividend history, but technicals recently staged a bounce back from the all-time low. The short-term thesis is weak due to negative earnings and the massive gap between current price ($12.51) and short-term moving averages, though the bullish analyst upgrade and $2B target suggest a medium-term catalyst. Long-term investors must wait for the next earnings beat and debt reduction before painting the bulls. |
| Model | MAE |
|---|---|
| AutoTheta ✓ | 0.176763 |
| AutoARIMA | 0.176990 |
| AutoETS | 0.176995 |
| MSTL | 0.181913 |
Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: AutoTheta
| Forecast Reliability | |
|---|---|
| Score | 79% |
| H-stat | 0.48 |
| Ljung-Box p | 0.000 |
| Jarque-Bera p | 0.291 |
| Excess Kurtosis | 0.45 |
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| Sector | Industrials |
| Ex Dividend Date | 2023-08-17 |
| Last Dividend Date | 2023-08-17 |
| Debt to Equity Ratio | 159.54 |
| Revenue per Share | 9.09 |
| Market Cap | 2,180,732,160 |
| Forward P/E | 8.84 |
| Beta | 1.17 |
| Profit Margins | -2.21% |
| Website | https://fadv.com |
As of April 19, 2026, 1:08 a.m. EDT: Options flow exhibits a mild bullish skew with significant volume at the $20.00 strike for July 2026 calls (Vol 30 > OI 15), indicating speculative positioning for a near-term pop to the $20 zone. Puts activity is negligible (only 1 contract at $15 strike). Despite the upside gamma exposure, implied volatility remains suppressed on OTM calls compared to ATM, while ATM IV on puts is elevated, suggesting a low-probability, low-cost defensive sentiment rather than aggressive bearish positioning.
| Date | Dividend | Yield % |
|---|---|---|
| 2023-08-18 | 1.5 | 11.111111 |
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| 52 Week Change | -0.036951482 |
| Address1 | 1 Concourse Parkway NE |
| Address2 | Suite 200 |
| All Time High | 24.73 |
| All Time Low | 8.82 |
| Ask | 15.79 |
| Ask Size | 2 |
| Audit Risk | 1 |
| Average Analyst Rating | 2.2 - Buy |
| Average Daily Volume10 Day | 913,280 |
| Average Daily Volume3 Month | 1,231,308 |
| Average Volume | 1,231,308 |
| Average Volume10Days | 913,280 |
| Beta | 1.166 |
| Bid | 9.11 |
| Bid Size | 2 |
| Board Risk | 9 |
| Book Value | 7.541 |
| City | Atlanta |
| Compensation As Of Epoch Date | 1,735,603,200 |
| Compensation Risk | 8 |
| Country | United States |
| Crypto Tradeable | 0 |
| Currency | USD |
| Current Price | 12.51 |
| Current Ratio | 2.437 |
| Custom Price Alert Confidence | HIGH |
| Date Short Interest | 1,774,915,200 |
| Day High | 12.87 |
| Day Low | 12.27 |
| Debt To Equity | 159.54 |
| Display Name | First Advantage |
| Dividend Date | 1,693,440,000 |
| Earnings Call Timestamp End | 1,778,157,000 |
| Earnings Call Timestamp Start | 1,778,157,000 |
| Earnings Timestamp | 1,778,157,000 |
| Earnings Timestamp End | 1,778,157,000 |
| Earnings Timestamp Start | 1,778,157,000 |
| Ebitda | 381,051,008 |
| Ebitda Margins | 0.24203 |
| Enterprise To Ebitda | 10.593 |
| Enterprise To Revenue | 2.564 |
| Enterprise Value | 4,036,377,088 |
| Eps Current Year | 1.20008 |
| Eps Forward | 1.41549 |
| Eps Trailing Twelve Months | -0.2 |
| Esg Populated | 0 |
| Ex Dividend Date | 1,692,316,800 |
| Exchange | NMS |
| Exchange Data Delayed By | 0 |
| Exchange Timezone Name | America/New_York |
| Exchange Timezone Short Name | EDT |
| Fifty Day Average | 11.0889 |
| Fifty Day Average Change | 1.4211006 |
| Fifty Day Average Change Percent | 0.12815525 |
| Fifty Two Week Change Percent | -3.6951482 |
| Fifty Two Week High | 19.01 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change | -6.5 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change Percent | -0.3419253 |
| Fifty Two Week Low | 8.82 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change | 3.6900005 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent | 0.41836742 |
| Fifty Two Week Range | 8.82 - 19.01 |
| Financial Currency | USD |
| First Trade Date Milliseconds | 1,624,455,000,000 |
| Float Shares | 80,507,541 |
| Forward Eps | 1.41549 |
| Forward P E | 8.837929 |
| Free Cashflow | 183,215,120 |
| Full Exchange Name | NasdaqGS |
| Full Time Employees | 9,500 |
| Gmt Off Set Milliseconds | -14,400,000 |
| Governance Epoch Date | 1,775,001,600 |
| Gross Margins | 0.45674 |
| Gross Profits | 719,083,008 |
| Has Pre Post Market Data | 1 |
| Held Percent Insiders | 0.03422 |
| Held Percent Institutions | 1.10078 |
| Implied Shares Outstanding | 174,319,117 |
| Industry | Specialty Business Services |
| Industry Disp | Specialty Business Services |
| Industry Key | specialty-business-services |
| Ipo Expected Date | 2,021-06-23 |
| Is Earnings Date Estimate | 0 |
| Language | en-US |
| Last Dividend Date | 1,692,316,800 |
| Last Dividend Value | 1.5 |
| Last Fiscal Year End | 1,767,139,200 |
| Long Business Summary | First Advantage Corporation provides employment background screening, digital identity, and verification solutions internationally. It offers pre-onboarding products and solutions, such as criminal background checks, drug/health screening, extended workforce screening, FBI channeling, identity checks and biometric fraud mitigation tools, education/work history verification, driver records and compliance, healthcare credentials, executive screening, and other screening products. The company also provides post-onboarding solutions, including criminal records monitoring, I-9 verification, healthcare sanctions, motor vehicle records, social media screening, and global sanctions and licenses; and adjacent products comprising fleet/vehicle compliance, hiring tax credits and incentives, and investigative research. Its products and solutions are used by executive management, human resources, talent acquisition, risk, compliance, vendor management, safety, global enterprises, mid-sized, and small companies. The company was formerly known as Fastball Intermediate, Inc. and changed its name to First Advantage Corporation in March 2021. First Advantage Corporation was founded in 2002 and is based in Atlanta, Georgia. |
| Long Name | First Advantage Corporation |
| Market | us_market |
| Market Cap | 2,180,732,160 |
| Market State | CLOSED |
| Max Age | 86,400 |
| Message Board Id | finmb_4069597 |
| Most Recent Quarter | 1,767,139,200 |
| Net Income To Common | -34,824,000 |
| Next Fiscal Year End | 1,798,675,200 |
| Non Diluted Market Cap | 2,181,603,749 |
| Number Of Analyst Opinions | 7 |
| Open | 12.3 |
| Operating Cashflow | 195,126,000 |
| Operating Margins | 0.088970006 |
| Overall Risk | 8 |
| Payout Ratio | 0.0 |
| Phone | 678 868 4151 |
| Post Market Change | 0.015500069 |
| Post Market Change Percent | 0.12390143 |
| Post Market Price | 12.5255 |
| Post Market Time | 1,776,462,489 |
| Previous Close | 12.08 |
| Price Eps Current Year | 10.424305 |
| Price Hint | 2 |
| Price To Book | 1.6589313 |
| Price To Sales Trailing12 Months | 1.3851292 |
| Profit Margins | -0.022119999 |
| Quick Ratio | 2.37 |
| Quote Source Name | Nasdaq Real Time Price |
| Quote Type | EQUITY |
| Recommendation Key | buy |
| Recommendation Mean | 2.2 |
| Region | US |
| Regular Market Change | 0.43 |
| Regular Market Change Percent | 3.55961 |
| Regular Market Day High | 12.87 |
| Regular Market Day Low | 12.27 |
| Regular Market Day Range | 12.27 - 12.87 |
| Regular Market Open | 12.3 |
| Regular Market Previous Close | 12.08 |
| Regular Market Price | 12.51 |
| Regular Market Time | 1,776,456,001 |
| Regular Market Volume | 1,201,354 |
| Return On Assets | 0.02135 |
| Return On Equity | -0.02658 |
| Revenue Growth | 0.368 |
| Revenue Per Share | 9.09 |
| Sand P52 Week Change | 0.38150132 |
| Sector | Industrials |
| Sector Disp | Industrials |
| Sector Key | industrials |
| Share Holder Rights Risk | 6 |
| Shares Outstanding | 174,319,117 |
| Shares Percent Shares Out | 0.0796 |
| Shares Short | 13,877,982 |
| Shares Short Previous Month Date | 1,772,150,400 |
| Shares Short Prior Month | 13,411,859 |
| Short Name | First Advantage Corporation |
| Short Percent Of Float | 0.1728 |
| Short Ratio | 10.42 |
| Source Interval | 15 |
| State | GA |
| Symbol | FA |
| Target High Price | 17.0 |
| Target Low Price | 13.0 |
| Target Mean Price | 15.0 |
| Target Median Price | 15.0 |
| Total Cash | 239,998,000 |
| Total Cash Per Share | 1.377 |
| Total Debt | 2,095,643,008 |
| Total Revenue | 1,574,388,992 |
| Tradeable | 0 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Rate | 0.0 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Yield | 0.0 |
| Trailing Eps | -0.2 |
| Trailing Peg Ratio | None |
| Triggerable | 1 |
| Two Hundred Day Average | 14.148575 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change | -1.6385746 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent | -0.11581199 |
| Type Disp | Equity |
| Volume | 1,201,354 |
| Website | https://fadv.com |
| Zip | 30,328 |